dyspnea

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From Latin dyspnoea, from δύσπνοια (dyspnoia, bad breathing), compound of δυσ- (dys, bad, unfortunate) and πνοή (pnoē, breeze).

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dyspnea (countable and uncountable; plural dyspneas)

  1. (pathology) Difficult or labored respiration.

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